A person whom is in the habit of stealing lighters, or a fire stealer.
Pyro means Fire. A Klepto it a person who steals uncontrolably.
Pyro means Fire. A Klepto it a person who steals uncontrolably.
by LoverandMother May 24, 2006
Get the PyroKleptic mug.A fast-moving cloud of superheated volcanic gasses, ash, and rock that hug the ground and even the surface of the sea as they rush at speeds of up to 450 mph, destroying anything in their paths.
Pyroclastic flows are usually the result of centuries of pent-up stress within the volcano; thick, sticky magma plugs the vent of the volcano and thus builds greater and greater pressure until it explodes.
Usually the flow is denser than the surrounding air and instead of flowing vertically, they rush along the ground, sweeping over hills and ridges like the said hills and ridges don't even exist.
Pyroclastic flows can reach temperatures as high as 1830 degrees F, and the average temperature is about half that; hot enough to boil the blood in one's body and effectively flash-cook you alive. Some victims are charred while others get fatal steam burns.
In short, a far more forceful and dangerous force than lava and more difficult to escape, due to their speed and intense heat.
Pyroclastic flows are usually the result of centuries of pent-up stress within the volcano; thick, sticky magma plugs the vent of the volcano and thus builds greater and greater pressure until it explodes.
Usually the flow is denser than the surrounding air and instead of flowing vertically, they rush along the ground, sweeping over hills and ridges like the said hills and ridges don't even exist.
Pyroclastic flows can reach temperatures as high as 1830 degrees F, and the average temperature is about half that; hot enough to boil the blood in one's body and effectively flash-cook you alive. Some victims are charred while others get fatal steam burns.
In short, a far more forceful and dangerous force than lava and more difficult to escape, due to their speed and intense heat.
Pompeii and Herculaneum were destroyed in 79 CE when Mount Vesuvius exploded, sending a pyroclastic flow barreling toward both towns, searing the lungs and burning the flesh of anybody who would not or could not flee.
May 8, 1902, about 30,000 people were killed in St. Pierre, Martinique, when Mt. Pelee sent a pyroclastic flow over the city.
Mount St. Helens famously erupted with a pyroclastic flow turning the surrounding forest into a lunar landscape.
The fringes of the pyroclastic flow do not always cut a clear line between life and death; survivors at the fringes often endure hideous burns.
May 8, 1902, about 30,000 people were killed in St. Pierre, Martinique, when Mt. Pelee sent a pyroclastic flow over the city.
Mount St. Helens famously erupted with a pyroclastic flow turning the surrounding forest into a lunar landscape.
The fringes of the pyroclastic flow do not always cut a clear line between life and death; survivors at the fringes often endure hideous burns.
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Get the Pyrocleptomaniac mug.A word used to describe a song that is heat or fire but to the 1000th degree. A song that has a pyroclastic flow is best charactered by how it will blow out your speakers while ending human actual existence at the same time, just like a real pyroclastic flow.
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Get the Pyroclastic mug.When you eat spicy food and the next day you take a poop and the spices from the food make your booty hole hurt and the poop is also explosive in nature.
"Hey guys, it's Fartnpoopnman, today I'm gonna be filling my turlet with a Pyroclastic Nasty Blasty cause of all the Mexican food I ate last night"
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Get the pyroclastic nasty blasty mug.A Pyroclastic Cloud is a term borrowed from volcanoes. It is also used to refer to a restroom occurence, most applicable for men. This would be when you are in need of performing a bowel movement, and it is urgent for one reason or another (this usually happens on a hot day), and you rush to the restroom, and to save time you pull down your shorts while you are bending to sit down, your nose travells directly through the plume of groinal sweat odors released from your underwear.
Bill: Hey Jim, I just ran to pinch of a load and got stuck in the pyroclastic cloud.
Jim: Oh man, thats sick, slow down next time, let it disperse.
Jim: Oh man, thats sick, slow down next time, let it disperse.
by Shake Zula May 24, 2005
Get the Pyroclastic Cloud mug.(n.) Hot rock, solidified lava rushing down the side of a volcano at 200mph. Followed by lava itself sometimes. Known to pwn teh pompeii
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